Pawar to attend BCCI AGM after four years

November 08, 2014 11:22

In a significant move, Mumbai Cricket Association's president Sharad Pawar has decided to attend the Cricket Board's Annual General Meeting, scheduled to be held in Chennai on November 20, after a gap of four years.

"Mr Pawar's name was proposed by the committee members at yesterday's managing committee meeting and he has accepted it. He will attend the Board's AGM after four years," said Mumbai Cricket Association's joint secretary Nitin Dalal here today. Pawar's decision to attend the AGM, deferred to November from its usual dates in September by the BCCI's all-powerful working committee to pave the way for president-in-exile Narayanaswami Srinivasan's return at the helm, could queer the pitch for the latter who was treasurer when the NCP supremo was president of BCCI from 2005-08.

Srinivasan, who has taken over as the first chairman of the International Cricket Council, has not functioned as BCCI chief following the setting up of the Justice Mudgal committee by the Supreme Court to investigate the betting and match fixing scandal in the Indian Premier League, which has submitted its final report on the probe against him and a few others.

The Supreme Court will take cognisance of the report on November 10, which was submitted in a sealed cover.

A bench headed by Justice T S Thakur said on November 3 it will consider the report when the case is heard.

Pawar, a former president of ICC, is seen as a rallying force by opponents of Srinivasan mainly belonging to the West and Central Zones of BCCI.

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